ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,918, issued on April 7, was assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).
"Air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner" was invented by Rixiong Cheng (Foshan, China), Zhihui Mu (Foshan, China), Zhiyong Xu (Foshan, China) and Huajun Zhang (Foshan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner indoor unit includes a housing with an air outlet, a volute assembly in the housing and including an upper volute and a lower volute, between which an air outlet duct communicating with the air outlet is formed, and an air deflector rotatably mounted at the air outlet to open or close the air outlet. A mi...